Jehovah send peace, the name which Gideon gave to the altar he erected on the spot at Ophrah where the angel appeared to him (Judg. 6:24).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Jehovah-shalom
Name meaning: the Lord send peace (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(Jehovah (is) peace), or, with an ellipsis, “Jehovah the God of peace.” The altar erected by Gideon in Orphrah was so called in memory of the salutation addressed to him by the angel of Jehovah, “Peace be unto thee.” (Judges 6:24)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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